Spent a lot of time as a kid at my great-aunt and uncle's farm. They had a large hen house along with dairy cattle and crop fields. I miss having that connection to a farm and would like to expose my children to at least a small aspect of farming and raising our own food. I just recently started thinking about getting a few layers in the spring and I'm looking for information so I do it right.

Greetings from Tucson and My wife is an RN too. Have fun planning your chickens. Today is the one year anniversary of my discovery of BYC. I read as much as I could every day here before I got my chickens. My chickens are better off for it. Good luck!